Roland S. Martin, the Yates and Texas A&M alumnus who crunches political wisdom for CNN, made a pre-Election Day trip back to Houston this weekend to see family and catch a Rockets game and to share his prediction that President Obama will win re-election with UPDATED 281 electoral votes.

But that can wait. What you really want to know, obviously, is what Roland thought of the Aggies’ new all-black uniforms that the wore against white-clad Mississippi State on Saturday. And that was easy to discern, since he wore a black polo shirt with an Aggies logo to the Rockets game.

“I don’t just like them, I love them,” Martin said. “I was playing golf with my brother, who is class of ’90, I’m class of ’91, and I saw the tweet about the uniforms and said I’ve got to see this. So when we made the turn, we stopped at the clubhouse to watch TV, and I just loved it. I sent a text message after the game to (Aggies coach) Kevin Sumlin that said, ‘Always bet on black.’”

Martin, of course, is attuned as anybody to Aggies traditions but said maroon-and-white hard-liners should give way to the fashion sense of 20-somethings.

“Players today respond to different uniform combinations. They’re not stuck on the same colors,” he said. “I’m all for it. I’ve already ordered (a black A&M jersey), and I’ll get it next week.”

As for the election, Martin said the president can win re-election with 281 electoral votes by taking Nevada, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.

At any rate, Martin is in for a long couple of days. He wanted to stick around Sunday for the Texans game but headed back to Washington, D.C., since he has to be on air at, gulp, 5 a.m. Monday.